Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-16
NEWS SUMMARY.

Masonic order.
Mr.. Carlisle says he will not contest his
seat in the house.
There is prospect OF trouble with the
Blackfeet Indians
Ex-Gov. Porter, assistant secretary Of
state, W i'll shortly resign.
The Progressive Labor party has been
organized in New York City.
Twenty five thousand men were i'm the
labor day procession in New York.
Great damage has been caused by floods
between Tucson and Benson, Arizona
Nearly the whole Of the town of Raw
son, Ohio, was destroyed by fire the other
day.
farmer named Lyman was gored TO
death 10y a bull near Hillsdale, ILL.,, few
days ago.
Ross. Turner q Co, manufacturers Of
Boston, are being sued for importing
foreign labor
Five saw mills in Minneapolis were des
troyed 10y fire the other day, involving a
loss OF S200,O 600
The order of the restoration of the in
demnity lands of the Omaha railroad has
been suspended.
The losses by lire in August amountedto
81, 5000 against $4,000, 600 for the same
month last year.
1t is said that Mrs Parsons the wife or
the condemned anarchists, is constantly
under police surveillance.
Fireman Richmond was killed and sew
eral other train hands were injured in II
collision at Springhill, y. S.
The Wisconsin leather company Of Mil
waukee, one of the oldest houses in the
state, has failed for $4,000
Sept. was "A legal holiday in California,
1t being the 31th anniversary of the admis-
sion of California as "a state.
The Maverick oil works in East Boston,
Mass, were burned the other morning
and Ave men lost their lives.
y fete in honor OF the centenary OF the
American constitution will be held in the
Crystal Palace in London Sept l..
Gustavus Wlchmann, treasurer OF the
village of Readins, Hamilton county,
OHIO, is short $500 in his accounts
rev. DR.. Samuel Wilson OF Xenia. Ohio
professor in the United Presbyterian theo-
logical seminary in that place, is dead.
Advices received from MAJ. Gen. Terry
on the eth inst, state that affairs on the
Ute Indian reservation are very quiet.
The asylum for insane in Toledo, Ohio.
was badly damaged by tornado the
other day. The damage is estimated at
5000.
DR.. George b. Walker, an allepathic
physician known to the profession oil over
the union, died ct Evansville, Ind, re-
Gently.
The opening of the Kansas City eyposi-
ton has been postponed from Sept ID to
Monday, sept. ~, at the request Of ex-
hibitors.
Col. Fred d. Grant is mentioned as a
candidate for secretary of state of New
FORK. He Is not averse TO accepting the
nomination.
Or. st. John aud the captains Of
the schooners Blake and Marsh have
been indicted IN Chicago for aiding boodler
McGarigle TO escape.
The conductor OF the fast mail train
which caused the railroad accident near
Alton, Iowa, has been held for trial on
charge Of manslaughter.
Two United States prisoners escaped
from the prison at Sioux City, Iowa the
other day, by throwing a blanket over
the head of the deputy warden.
The railroad shops and buildings Of the
Chicago, St Paul q Milwaukee, at Nank-
ton, Dak., were destroyed by fire the other
morning. Loss S6U, coo; insured
Mrs. Cleveland declined the invitation
to present flags to the New y ork city fire
department because the president was not
invited TO take part in the exercises
The Union and Northern Pacific rail
roads have agreed upon plan Of dividing
territory, SO that neither company shall
buiid branch lines into competing terri
tory.
Miss Ida Wallace WIS shot and instantly
killed at Schenectady, y. y, by Fred
Knight. Knight gave himself up to the
police, stating that he intended killing the
woman.
General Master Workman Powderly is
out in "A card saying that he doesn't in
tend resigning at the annual meeting TO
be held IN minneapolis the first week in
October.
EX-Premier " der Of the Hawaiian
islands is at Chicago. In reply to u ques-
ton he stated that the London loan for
sl,5Oo.UtO would be negotiated within
three months.
An explosion Of napLtha occurred on the
schooner War Eagle in Boston Harbor the
other morning. wo men were killed and
the steward of the schooner jumped over
board and was drowned.
The board OF trustees Of the proposed
American Catholic university have decid-
cd upon Washington as the place of loca-
ton. Rev. DR. keane of Richmond has
been chosen as the first rector.
" bile o revival was in progress in Need
more, Tenn. the other day. the floor of
ths hail where the meeting was being held
lave way, carrying 800 people with it,
and all were more or less injured. One
man will die.
Gladstone has written TO the Philadel-
phla committee thanking them Tor the in
Vitation to attend the centennial celebra
II N of the adoption of the constitution.
but says that he must decline because Of
pressing duties at homa.
In the New Hampshire senate the other
day senator Sawyer a6nounced that Kirk
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